Shingle



ct. I18, 1927.

T. D. MILLER SHINGLE Filed Nov. 6', 1925 Erg. J.- @z

Patented Oct. 18, 19227.

Aunire sar THOMAS :BENTON MILLER, OF CLARKSVILLE, MARYLAND.

SHING-LE.

Application filed November as a means for preventing` water from passingthrough the root, and also having a cern tain desired architecturaletlect when assembled on a root.y ln the present invention, the shingleseach have two transverse ramps and the distance between the lower edgeof the shingles and thelowermost ramp is substantially the same as thedistance between the ramps.y so that when the shingles are assemb'fedupon a root the lower edges of the shingles of one row will coincide'with the upper edges ot ramps in the shingles of the lower row. Thus, atthe ends ot the shingles in each row, the appearance of double thicknessis given, which is desirable architecturally.

ln the accompanying drawing,

Fig. l is a plan view of a shingle made in accordance with my invention,the shingle in this view having rectangular and trie angular portionsoliset from one another by a ramp;

Fig. 2 is a plan view ot a part of a roof covering composed ot shingleslike that shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line SMS o' Fig. 2;

Fig. 4- is a plan view of a modilied form of shingle, having triangularand rectangular portions, and having a ramp slightly below the base ofthe former portion, the rectangular portion being'narrow-ed below thisramp;

Fig. is Fig. l;

Fig. G is a plan view ot an `assemblage ot shingles or the form shown inFig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a section on` the line 7-7 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a plan view ot' an assemblage of rectangular shingles havingtransverse ramps; and

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 3*9 ot' Fig. 8.

Referring to Fig. l of the drawing, the shingle e has a rectangularportion e and a triangular port-ion e2, offset from one another by arelatively abrupt ramp 3e, and the triangular portion has a relativelyabrupt ramp 4e spaced substantially the same distance from the ramp 3eas the distance bea section on the line 5 5 of 6, 1925. Serial N0.67,408.

tween the latter ramp and the lower edge ofv the rectangular portion. Anassemblage otthese shingles is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, from which itwill be seen that the ends rc of the shingles in a row 2 are inalinement with the upper edges of the ramps 3e in a row l. vandsimilarly, the ends of the rectangular portions ot the shingles insuccessive rows 3, 4 and 5 aline with the upper edges of the Vramps 3eof the shingles in the immediately lower rows.

This arrangement, as best shown in Fig. 3, gives the eiiect of a doublethickness along the lines oit the ramps 3e, as the edges m terminate inline with these ramps. This is desirable from an architectural point ofView.

The shingle j' shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is the same as that shown in Fig.l, except that the lower corners ot the triangular portion f2 are cutoff, as indicated at 5f, and the ends Gf of the rectangular portion 7',below the ramp 3?, are cut oli', making the rectangular portion slightlyshorter than said ramp. The triangular portion has a ramp if at thesaine distance from the ramp 3f as is the lower edge of the rectangularportion from the lower ramp.

In Fig. 6 is shown a part of a roof covering composed of shingles f. Theshingles in the lowermost row are indicated at 6; in the next higher rowat 7, and 8 indicates a shingle in a third row. In assembling theshingles in rows, the cut-off ends 5f of the triangular portions abutagainst one another. and as the rectangular portions below the ramps 3fare shorter than the ramps, spaces 9 are left between the adjacentshingles of the row which has an architectural advantage over thecovering shown in Fig. 2, wherein the rectangular portions ot' theshingles abutl against one another and form an unbroken row. Vhen thenext row ot' shingles 7 is laid, the ramps 3f of the shingles in thisrow abut against the ramps 4f in the row 6 and the lower edges ot theshingles in the row 7 are iny alinement with the upper edges of theramps 3f in the lower row, giving the etlect of double thickness at thelower ends ot the shingles. The cut-off ends of the triangular portionsabut against one another in the row 7, and because of the shortening oft-he rectangular portions, a space 9a is lett between the rectangularportions of adjacent shingles. Similarly, when shingles 8 are arrangedin a third row, the rectangular portions of the shingles will be spacedapart. v

It is to be noted that as the ramps V.Elf of one row abut against theramps 4f of another row, and as the edges 5f of the shingles in each rowmeet, any rain driven into -the open spaces 9-9a will he preventedfrompassing upwardly under the shingles by the ramps 4f in one row andhy the ramps 3f in the overlying row, the ends of which meet and lieagainst the ramps 4f of `the lower row.

In Figs. 8 andl 9, I-have shown shingles 7 which are rectangular in formand with ramps lg, 2g, running parallel with theupper and lower edges olthe shingles, these edges being spaced from the ramps a distance equalto thatloetween the ramps; so that when the shingles are laid inrows,the lower edges y of theshingles of onerow vwill be in alinernent withthe upper edges of the ramps 2g of the-'shingles of the next lowerrow,and the ramps Q-of the upper row will` lie against the ramps -lg'ofthenextlower row. Thus, the 'efect "of vdouble thickness will be producedalong the lower edges of the shingles inthe rows. i

What I claim is: 1. A roof covering comprising shingles arranged inoverlapping rows, each shingle comprising 'a pluraity of plane partsoffset y from one another by relatively abrupt transverse ramps, theends of the shingles in one row registering substantially with the upperedges of ramps in the shingles of another row.

Q. A roof covering comprising -shinglesarranged in overlapping rows,each shingle having three plane parts offset Yfrom one another ljiyupper and'lower transverse ramps, the lower' ramp in a shingle of anupper row lying against the upper -ramps in shingles of a lower row, andthe lower ends'of the shingles inthe upper -row registering Sulc-VTHOMAS DinrroN MILLER.

